| Videos (see all 41 NEW) |
| Mary Costa | ... | Princess Aurora (voice) | |
| Bill Shirley | ... | Prince Phillip (voice) | |
| Eleanor Audley | ... | Maleficent (voice) | |
| Verna Felton | ... | Flora (voice) | |
| Barbara Luddy | ... | Merryweather (voice) | |
| Barbara Jo Allen | ... | Fauna (voice) | |
| Taylor Holmes | ... | Stefan (voice) | |
| Bill Thompson | ... | Hubert (voice) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bill Amsbery | ... | Maleficent's Goon (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Candy Candido | ... | Maleficent's Goon (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Pinto Colvig | ... | Maleficent's Goon (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Dal McKennon | ... | Owl (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Marvin Miller | ... | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Thurl Ravenscroft | ... | Singer (voice) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Clyde Geronimi | (supervising) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| Erdman Penner | (story adaptation) | |
| Charles Perrault | (story "Sleeping Beauty") | |
| Joe Rinaldi | (additional story) & | |
| Winston Hibler | (additional story) & | |
| Bill Peet | (additional story) & | |
| Ted Sears | (additional story) & | |
| Ralph Wright | (additional story) & | |
| Milt Banta | (additional story) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Jack Lawrence | (musical score) (uncredited) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Roy M. Brewer Jr. | |||
| Donald Halliday | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Ken Anderson | |||
| Don DaGradi | |||
Production Management | |||
| Ken Peterson | .... | production supervisor | |
Sound Department | |||
| Robert O. Cook | .... | sound supervisor | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Jack Boyd | .... | effects animator | |
| Jack Buckley | .... | effects animator | |
| Ub Iwerks | .... | special processes | |
| Eustace Lycett | .... | special processes | |
| Dan MacManus | .... | effects animator | |
| Joshua Meador | .... | effects animator | |
| Bob Abrams | .... | effects animator (uncredited) | |
| Abra Grupp | .... | digital paint artist (restored version) (uncredited) | |
| Dorse A. Lanpher | .... | assistant effects animator (uncredited) | |
Animation Department | |||
| Hal Ambro | .... | character animator | |
| Dick Anthony | .... | background artist | |
| Ray Aragon | .... | layout artist | |
| Frank Armitage | .... | background artist | |
| Bob Carlson | .... | character animator | |
| Eric Cleworth | .... | character animator | |
| Tom Codrick | .... | layout artist | |
| Basil Davidovich | .... | layout artist | |
| Marc Davis | .... | directing animator | |
| Al Dempster | .... | background artist | |
| Eyvind Earle | .... | color stylist | |
| Blaine Gibson | .... | character animator | |
| Don Griffith | .... | layout artist | |
| Victor Haboush | .... | layout artist | |
| Joe Hale | .... | layout artist | |
| Jack Huber | .... | layout artist | |
| Ralph Hulett | .... | background artist | |
| Ken Hultgren | .... | character animator | |
| Ollie Johnston | .... | directing animator | |
| Homer Jonas | .... | layout artist | |
| Milt Kahl | .... | directing animator | |
| John Kennedy | .... | character animator | |
| Hal King | .... | character animator | |
| Fred Kopietz | .... | character animator | |
| Bill Layne | .... | background artist | |
| John Lounsbery | .... | directing animator | |
| Don Lusk | .... | character animator | |
| Fil Mottola | .... | background artist | |
| George Nicholas | .... | character animator | |
| Ernie Nordli | .... | layout artist (as Erni Nordli) | |
| Ken O'Brien | .... | character animator | |
| Tom Oreb | .... | character stylist | |
| Walt Peregoy | .... | background artist | |
| Anthony Rizzo | .... | background artist | |
| John Sibley | .... | character animator | |
| McLaren Stewart | .... | layout artist | |
| Henry Tanous | .... | character animator | |
| Frank Thomas | .... | directing animator | |
| Richard H. Thomas | .... | background artist | |
| Harvey Toombs | .... | character animator | |
| Thelma Witmer | .... | background artist | |
| Robert W. Youngquist | .... | character animator (as Bob Youngquist) | |
| Don Bluth | .... | assistant animator (uncredited) | |
| Chuck Jones | .... | layout artist (uncredited) | |
| Gary Mooney | .... | assistant animator (uncredited) | |
| Floyd Norman | .... | clean-up artist (uncredited) | |
| Floyd Norman | .... | inbetween artist (uncredited) | |
| Phil Roman | .... | assistant animator (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Ken Peterson | .... | casting: animation artists (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Tom Adair | .... | songs | |
| George Bruns | .... | songs | |
| Sammy Fain | .... | songs | |
| Winston Hibler | .... | songs | |
| Evelyn Kennedy | .... | music editor | |
| Jack Lawrence | .... | songs | |
| Erdman Penner | .... | songs | |
| John Rarig | .... | choral arrangement | |
| Ted Sears | .... | songs | |
| Frederick Stark | .... | conductor (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Les Clark | .... | sequence director | |
| Walt Disney | .... | presenter | |
| Eric Larson | .... | sequence director | |
| Wolfgang Reitherman | .... | sequence director | |
| Eleanor Audley | .... | live action model: Maleficent (uncredited) | |
| Frances Bavier | .... | live action model: Fairy (uncredited) | |
| Madge Blake | .... | live action model: Fairy (uncredited) | |
| Spring Byington | .... | live action model: Fairy (uncredited) | |
| Jane Fowler | .... | live action model: Maleficent (uncredited) | |
| Ed Kemmer | .... | live action model: Prince Phillip (uncredited) | |
| Helene Stanley | .... | live action model: Princess Aurora (uncredited) | |
|
|
|
|
|
| Enchanted | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Stardust | Beauty and the Beast | Willow |
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
| Full cast and crew | Company credits | External reviews |
| News articles | IMDb Animation section | IMDb USA section |
| Add this title to MyMovies |
...which is that it may have been designed more for an adult audience than a children's. At any rate it was way ahead of its time in 1959. "Sleeping Beauty" was one of the movies I watched as a child, and its grandness overwhelmed me even at the age of ten. I couldn't be happier to see it finally in the DVD format. But watch closely; you'll notice many subtle, sophisticated things which other viewers have touched on in earlier reviews. The animation is almost surreal-- so incredibly lifelike that it abandons its cute, 'Disneyesque' pretensions from previous fairy tales. There are no talking mice, dogs or cats anywhere to be seen. Here the animals are silent, as animals are supposed to be. (I love the sequence with the forest animals as they are awakened by the singing of the barefoot princess and join up with her, like multiple chaperons, in harmonious whistles.) Even the fairy godmothers- who may initially appear as sugary stereotypes- spend so much time bickering (well, two of them do anyway) that you get to identify them as thoroughly fleshed out personalities. The adaptation of the original Perrault fairy tale is also impressive. An ingenious move was to have the prince and princess meet in the forest *first* and fall in love- unaware that they are already engaged to be married. Someone mentioned the chilling sequence which shows the princess, cloaked in an eerie green pallor, actually being lured to the fateful spinning wheel. So dark, so frightening- when was the last time you saw something like this in a Disney fairy tale? And then immediately afterwords is a cleansing sequence of unmatched beauty showing the fairies sailing through the sky like fireflies, magically dusting the rest of the castle to sleep. It is, of course, only matched by the film's finale which shows storm clouds, lightning, a forest of thorns, and a flame-spewing dragon-- all seamlessly bringing the story to a 75-minute conclusion. It stands, in my opinion, as Disney's masterpiece.